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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's lawsuit threatens to unravel a reported sale of the Weinstein Company. The suit alleges violations of "civil rights, human rights, and business laws."

Supporters of ECOT—the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow—say the online charter school could reopen if the Ohio Supreme Court rules in its favor during a Tuesday hearing, but students have found alternative classrooms in the three weeks since its closure. ECOT closed its doors January 18 after its sponsor said it couldn’t afford to keep the school in operation for the remainder of the year. The decision left some 12,000 students scrambling to find a new school to finish the academic year.

The Trump administration wants to slash funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including deep cuts to the federal housing subsidy known as Section 8.

Talent manager Vincent Cirrincione acknowledged pursuing sexual relationships, but he insisted they were consensual and denied making them conditional for his representing anyone.

The government cracks down on critics, including the island nation's Supreme Court which had ordered the release of imprisoned opposition leaders.

The private space company has launched the Falcon Heavy, a rocket more powerful than any other in use today. It's now bearing a roadster into an elliptical Earth-Mars orbit. Watch the rocket's flight.

The earthquake struck the island late Tuesday night and aftershocks continue to shake up the city of Hualien. Meanwhile, rescue workers strive to save people from collapsed buildings.

Musk's successful rocket launch is a step on the ambitious road to Mars; as with our adventurous ancestors, where we might go seems to be limited only by our imagination, says Marcelo Gleiser.

An autopsy says Rogelio Martinez died of blunt force trauma to his head by a West Texas highway last November. But the FBI has turned up no support for speculation that smugglers killed him.

"For want of a comma" in a state labor law, a federal appeals court had said that a group of Maine dairy drivers were eligible for overtime pay. A $5 million settlement has been reached.